SANTIAGO (Chile) – Mikayla Blakes, Hannah Hidalgo headlined the 2025 FIBA Women’s AmeriCup All Star 5 after United States defeated Brazil, 92-84, to win gold.
Blakes was named MVP after dropping 27 points (a USA AmeriCup record) on 11-for-24 shooting in the Final. She averaged 14 points and 3.4 rebounds while shooting 43.9 percent from the field across 7 games.
Hidalgo added 16 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals off the bench in 21 minutes of action.
The Notre Dame guard finished with averages of 12.4 points (No. 9 in the tournament), 4.7 assists (No. 4) and 2.7 rebounds. She also led the event with 3.1 steals per game.
Hannah Hidalgo
Damiris Dantas was unstoppable throughout the tournament, finishing as the leading scorer with 21.4 points per game after dropping 35 points in the final (an AmeriCup record). She also averaged 6.0 rebounds while shooting 52 from the field and 36.7 from beyond the arc.
This week she also reached the No. 2 spot in the modern era scoring leaderboard with 476 points and now sits 47 points behind Cuba’s Yamara Amargo (523).
Kamilla Cardoso, who was plagued by foul trouble and only played 18 minutes in the Final, finished No. 1 in efficiency at 24.3. She led the tournament in field goal percentage (67.8), rebounds (9.1), and blocks (2.0) while averaging 14.9 points per game (No. 5).
The 24-year-old Chicago Sky star also rose to No. 2 in the modern era blocks list after swatting another shot in the gold medal game. She’s now one block behind Colombia’s Yuliany Paz, who earlier on Sunday rose to the No. 1 spot after a magnificent week.
Syla Swords exploded for 23 points against Argentina on Sunday, leading Canada to a bronze medal in double overtime.
Syla Swords
She averaged 9.6 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists while shooting 41.9 percent from long distance.
Melisa Gretter (Argentina), Arella Guirantes (Puerto Rico), Bella Nascimento (Brazil), Olivia Miles (United States), and Kayla Alexander (Canada) were named to the All Star 5 second team.
Miles’ 50 assists throughout the tournament became the new single-event record in the modern era (since 2003), surpassing Cuban Ineidis Casanova’s 46 in 2015.
Alexander became the modern era rebounding leader with 254, 10 more than the previous record holder, Erika De Souza of Brazil (244). She also rose to No. 1 in the offensive rebounding leaderboard with 92.
Gretter (who finished No. 2 in assists at 5.1 per game) now has 141 dimes in her AmeriCup career and holds the modern era record.
Guirantes finished second in scoring at 17 points per game for Puerto Rico, while Nascimento’s 15.0 were No. 4. The 22-year-old Brazilian, who was one of the bright young stars of the event, scored 24 points in the final and shot 48 percent from behind the arc across seven games.
NOTE: All data is compiled from 2003 onwards.
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